Evolutionary Biology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	61
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	57
3	Molecular Biology and Evolution	42
4	Molecular Ecology	36
5	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
6	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	33
7	Ecology and Evolution	32
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
9	Genome Biology and Evolution	28
10	Systemic Biology	27
11	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	26
12	Evolution	24
13	Evolutionary Applications	23
14	Evolution Letters	21
-	Journal of Human Evolution	21
16	Systematic Entomology	20
-	American Naturalist	20
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
19	Heredity	19
20	Cladistics	18
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	18
22	Journal of Heredity	17
23	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	16
24	Taxon	15
-	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	15
26	Evolutionary Ecology	13
-	Paleobiology	13
28	EvoDevo	12
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	12
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	12
31	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	11
-	Zoologica Scripta	11
33	Integrative Organismal Biology	10
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	10
-	Evolutionary Biology	10
-	Evolution & Development	10
-	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	10
-	Invertebrate Systematics	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
40	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	9
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	9
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	9
-	Systematic Botany	9
44	Australian Systematic Botany	7
45	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	6
-	Development Genes and Evolution	6
47	Biology Letters	4